The Phoenix New Times has an in-depth look at some events in Arizona a few years ago that highlight some of the problems inherent to youth soccer and how youth soccer has changed recently. A successful coach at Sereno Soccer Club named Les Armstrong was suspended from coaching after he forged a parent's signature to drop a player from his roster before the State Cup championships.

Minnesota had two teams that made it through the US Youth Soccer Region II Midwest Regionals and qualify for the Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona. Both the boys U-16 Minnesota Thunder Elite Academy and the girls U-19 Woodbury Inferno competed in that tournament last week but neither team qualified for the final.

Minnesota had two teams that made it through the US Youth Soccer Region II Midwest Regionals and qualify for the Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona. Both the boys U-16 Minnesota Thunder Elite Academy and the girls U-19 Woodbury Inferno competed in that tournament last week but neither team qualified for the final.

Tab Ramos is one of the great players in US Soccer history, and has taken his talents to coaching youth soccer. His NJSA 04 Gunners won the USYSA Under-14 national championship, marking the first national championship for a New Jersey club team in two decades.
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America caught up with Ramos, and discussed the best way to handle parents in youth soccer.

This is worth the watch, what a set of goals scored by everyone from a U11 game up to U19. Sweet stuff!

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